15 November 2018Alien Express by Žigan Krajnčan and Gašper Kunšek, produced by Flota Institute and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at the Modaperf Festival at Institute Fraincais Yaoundé in Yaoundé, Cameroonprogramme

7 November 2018The performance Thinging by Jan Rozman, produced by Emanat Institute and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at Kunsthaus KuLe in Berlin, Germanyprogrammemore

25 October to 27 October 2018The dance performance Solo 2016 by Milan Tomášik, produced by Cortesia Cultural Association and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana and Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, at the HYBAJ HO! Festival at Cooltour, Studio ALTA in Ostrava, Prague, Czech Republicprogrammeorganiser

22 August to 23 August 2018The performances Staging a Play: Antigone by Matija Ferlin, produced by Emanat Institute, and Close Ups by Magdalena Reiter, produced by Mirabelka Productions and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at the Monoplay Festival of Solos at Zadar Puppet Theatre in Zadar, Croatiaprogrammeinfo

11 August to 12 August 2018Alien Express, a dance performance by Žigan Krajnčan and Gašper Kunšek, produced by Flota Institute and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at the Sziget Festival at Fidelio Theatre and Dance Tent in Budapest, Hungaryprogrammeorganiser

29 July to 3 August 2018Alien Express, a dance performance by Žigan Krajnčan and Gašper Kunšek, produced by Flota Institute and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at the Dance in Transit International Festival of Contemporary Dance at Teatro Álvaro de Carvalho, Teatro Centro de Cultura, Teatro do Parque Ambiental Centro de Cultura in Alto Bela Vista, Capivari de Baixo, Florianópolis, Brazilprogrammeorganiser

13 July 2018Alien Express, a dance performance by Žigan Krajnčan and Gašper Kunšek, produced by Flota Institute and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at the Copenhagen International Choreography Competition at Dansekapellet in Copenhagen, Denmarkprogrammeorganiser

23 June to 27 June 2018The performances Queen Mother, directed by Damir Zlatar Frey and produced by Koper Theatre and Ptuj City Theatre, Realists, directed by Tijana Zinajić and produced by Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, and Tobelija, choreographed by Rosana Hribar and produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at the Zlatni lav - Leone d'Oro, International Festival of Chamber Theatre in Umag, Croatiaprogramme

8 June 2018Alien Express, a dance performance by Žigan Krajnčan and Gašper Kunšek, produced by Flota Institute and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at the Dance Week Festival at Zagreb Dance Centre in Zagreb, Croatiaprogrammeorganiser

8 June 2018The dance performance Solo for Two Voices by Anja Golob, Magdalena Reiter and Milan Tomášik, produced by Mirabelka Institute and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana and Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre at Klub Zak in Gdansk, Polandprogramme

26 May 2018Alien Express, a dance performance by Žigan Krajnčan and Gašper Kunšek, produced by Flota Institute and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at the ARC For Dance Festival at Electric Railway Station in Athens, Greeceprogrammeorganiser

14 May to 19 May 2018Alien Express, a dance performance by Žigan Krajnčan and Gašper Kunšek, produced by Flota Institute and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, within the Offspring Project at Dansstationen in Malmö, Sweden

9 May to 10 May 2018Alien Express, a dance performance by Žigan Krajnčan and Gašper Kunšek, produced by Flota Institute and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at the Choreography Competition at the 10 sentidos Festival Valencia at Espai la Rambleta in Valencia, Spainprogrammeorganiser

4 April 2018Orlandina, choreographed by Rosana Hribar and Risima Risimkin, produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at the Dance Fest Skopje in Skopje, Macedoniaprogramme

20 March 2018The dance-theatre performance for children Doodledee, it’s me, co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana and Theatre for Babies and Toddlers AEIOU, in Bjelovar, Croatiaprogramme

10 February 2018Alien Express, a dance performance by Žigan Krajnčan and Gašper Kunšek, produced by Flota Institute and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at the What Next Dance Festival at Dance Limerick Performance Space in Limerick, United Kingdomprogramme

9 September 201716, a performance by dancers Rosana Hribar and Gregor Luštek, produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana at the FIAT Festival of International Alternative Theatre at KIC Budo Tomović in Podgorica, Montenegroprogramme

25 August to 16 December 2017Eight presentations of the 16 dance performance by Rosana Hribar and Gregor Luštek, produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, in the framework of the China-CEEC Cultural Season 2017 in Beijing, Quanzhou, Xian, Chinaprogramme

27 April to 28 April 201716, a performance by dancers Rosana Hribar and Gregor Luštek, produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, and Presenting a Relationship through Dance, a panel speech by Rosana Hribar and Gregor Luštek, at the International Dance Day Summit 2017 at Fosun Art Center in Shanghai, Chinaprogramme

27 March 2017Wonderful Years, produced by the Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at Tmu-na Theater in Tel Aviv, Israelprogramme

30 May to 1 June 2016Nótt, produced by the Dance Theatre Ljubljana, and Falcon!, performed by Janez Janša and Iztok Kovač and produced by En-Knap Productions and Maska Institute, at the 33rd Dance Week Festival at Zagreb Dance Centre in Zagreb, Croatiaprogramme

19 June 201516, a dance performance by Rosana Hribar and Gregor Luštek (Dance Theatre Ljubljana), at the International Festival of Contemporary Dance Tanz/Moderne/Tanz at Schauspielhaus in Chemnitz, Germanyprogramme

25 May to 26 May 2015Tanja Zgonc’s Tulkudream, produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at the Chuncheon International Mime Festival at Festival Theatre MIME in Chuncheon, South Koreaprogramme

27 April 2014Awaiting Resonance, a dance performance by Kaja Lorenci and Ivan Mijačević, performed by Katja Legin and Ivan Mijačević, produced by Federacija Institute and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at the 15th International Festival Platforma.hr at Močvara in Zagreb, Croatiaprogramme

25 January 2014In Motion, a performance produced by Forum Ljubljana and Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at Balettakademien in Stockholm, Swedenprogramme

22 November 2013Born Outside Her Village, 1978, a dance performance by Maša Kagao Knez, produced by KUD Baobab and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at Slovene Permanent Theatre in Trieste/Trst, Italyprogramme

27 June to 29 June 2012Mišmaš Bakery by Svetlana Makarovič, directed by Robert Waltl, produced by the Zagreb Youth Theatre, Cat the Slipper Cobbler by Ela Peroci, produced by the Dance Theatre Ljubljana, and Butalci by Fran Milčinski, produced by the Koper Theatre at the International children's festival Šibenik in Šibenik, Croatiaprogramme

A pioneer in the development and promotion of contemporary dance in Slovenia since 1984, the Dance Theatre Ljubljana (or PTL) is one the most important contemporary dance production venues in Ljubljana, presenting both its own productions and domestic and foreign performances.

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Background

Ljubljana Dance Theatre was initiated by the choreographer and dancer Ksenija Hribar (also one of the co-founders of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre and recipient of the Župančič Award of the City of Ljubljana) and co-founded with the choreographer and director Damir Zlatar Frey. The establishment of the theatre presented a decisive step towards the professionalisation of contemporary dance in Slovenia and the then-Yugoslavia. Under the artistic leadership of Ksenija Hribar (Damir Zlatar Frey left the theatre in 1986), PTL was an open dance-theatre group that created a number of stylistically ground-breaking and widely influential performances. Until 1996, when PTL obtained its own rehearsal and performing spaces in the Prule neighbourhood of Ljubljana, the majority of performances were presented on the stages of Cankarjev dom, Mladinsko Theatre, Kapelica Gallery and elsewhere. During the next years, the theatre was led artistically by Ksenija Hribar, Matjaž Farič and Sinja Ožbolt.

About

During 30 years of creative activities, over 250 full-length dance-theatre productions, experimental projects, and performances for children have been staged and several of them have won important (also international) awards. Nowadays, PTL functions as an umbrella production house to several acclaimed choreographers with very different modes of aesthetic expression, such as Tanja Zgonc, Sinja Ožbolt, Matjaž Farič, Rosana Hribar and Gregor Luštek, and Maša Kagao Knez. PTL collaborates with the majority of Slovene independent institutes and regularly enters international co-productions. Its productions regularly appear at the Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance which it has been co-organising since its beginnings in 2003.

Each year, Ljubljana Dance Theatre also produces a début by an emerging maker, offering rehearsal spaces and post-production support.

For a list of PTL's partners and co-producers see below.

Ukrep – Festival of Dance Perspectives

In 2008, the biennial festival Ukrep (Taking Measures) – Festival of Dance Perspectives was launched. Attempting to redefine the emancipatory potential of contemporary dance and performing arts practices, the festival focuses on presenting emerging (contemporary) dance makers and aims for a strategic development of contemporary dance in Slovenia, also through a number of discussions and theoretical/dramaturgy workshops organised in the festival's side programme.